The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-08

under the present law. where u major
must be secured to establish a dramshop ~
any town in the county outside of LexirO
ton? uss
Odessa Democrat:-"We have heard b
some two or three men who favor the W. me
law who have been addicted to whisky hi
an excess. They say that they want it Z
moved so they cannot get it so east -
While this is praiseworthy in them 1t is a III
iusiou, as long as spirits can be Obtain
anywhere"
DR.. W. c. Goodwin, than whom there \,
not a better man in this county. write ~
Mr.. M. j. Chinn, the secretary OF the a Fl,
prohibition committee:-"I beg leave die
assure you of my hearty accord. Not onl srss
a citizen. but as a physician whose funci Tag
It usurps, and whose conscience in the IN,
charge of his duties to his patients it assu(-&
to control. am opposed to that epItome OF
tyranny, of Puritsnical, Pharisaic, meddle-
someness misnamed the Wood local option
bill"
First Ward, for the past month:-2d and
4th grades, scholarship, LiIene Lester and
Forrest Eatherton; 9Th, 9Th and 7th grades.
scholarship. Elsie Wend. Adelia Standish,
Edith Marrs, Odon Sutton, Hattie Marcum,
Daisy owman, Walter Standish, Julia Gil.
len. Claude Llewellyn, Arch Marcum, Della
Eatherton, Bonnie Steele, Lula Simms,
Lyman Reeder. Honor Roll, 9th, 9th and 7th
grades, Frank steele, Bennie Steele, Adelia
StandIsh, Edith Mars, Hattie Marcum and
julia Gillen.
Hon. Chas. L.. Ewing in his last paper
shows how 1t works in Kansas thus:-s.We
met two gentlemen from lola, Kansas, in
Odessa last week who said with some degree
of wonder after spending som eighteen or
twenty hours In our city that they had not
seen q single drunken man in town. that in
lola they would have seen a dozen drunken
men in the time they had spent in Odessa.
Men there, they said, would drink ANYTHING
from 'Jackson's linIment to SPAWN Cure-
There is no use denying the fac, that spiritu.
Gus liquors of all kinds go by the car load 10
all the railroad towns of Iowa and Kansas
I'D are of a most villainous quality, and are
sod at a most yIllainous price-so said the
IolAgentlemen in regard to Kansas,
neixEzQfsn within the last two months
4Sered. that we may
kHeek. The ram has
~ gard for the period
are bright with the smile
Of gratitude. Most of the farmers have nm
ished seeding. Local option Is the topic of
the day. All the women. sad such cen as
Ies~T6emselve5 TOO weak to Withstand the
temptation are in favor of the measure. They
are right. There are also some who say they
are e law unto, themselves by which they can
be saved. but have a contry..ing desire to
save others. who favor it. These too may be
right, but they have more faith in the ballot
box than in prayer. We are not able to saw
what part of the voting population the above
classes form. MIR. Geo. Corder confines IN |
improve. Mrs. John Gordon who has been
on q visit of several weeks to her parents in
New Mexico, returned home last Saturday.
DIR. Martin, who has lived in Corder for more
than a year, has gone 10 New Mexico. The
doctor, on account of his health, has conclud-
ed to give up the practice of medicine, and
takes a position in a telegraph office at his
new home. Tn doctor made many warm
friends while here, whose good wishes will
follow him in his wanderings, and the mem
ory of one may cause him to witness many
strange visions. a. Steel and Ward Slusher
attended the Baptist Association at Warrens-
burs. Mrs. II. .. Sydnor and children have
been staying with her mother in Dover since
the death of her little boy. But yet che is
constantly medItating upon the surroundings
during the last Illness OF her babe. She
writes home that she wishes everything, the
bed upon which he Died. the cradle in which
he was rocked, his clothes. and toys. all 10
remain as they were when he died. What a
cOnsOling thought 1t will be to her rs she
looks upon these. that frankie is much bet
ter on than we are. Sickness and death do
NOT enter where he IS. We will all 90 to see
him soon, this world is not our home.